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Notepad++—a feature rich Windows text editor— led the pack with a force, snatching up almost half the vote with 49%. Vim, a strong contender for Linux and Mac OS X users, pulled in a respectable 21%. Following the two strong leads were Emacs (8%), TextMate (7%), and Gedit (6%).

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